How does Amir please his father in The Kite Runner and to what extent does he succeed in doing so and at what cost?

Amir is rarely able to please his domineering father,
Baba, during his youth in the opening chapters of The Kite Runner.
Perhaps the only example comes when Amir wins the kite-flying contest, besting all of
the other entrants in Kabul. But Amir makes up for lost time when the two immigrate to
California. While Baba is forced to do menial work, Amir flourishes, achieving his goal
of graduating high school and, then, college. The two bond with one another on weekends
at the San Jose flea market, and Amir makes Baba proud when he falls in love with
Soraya, the daughter of the important Afghan General Iqbal Taheri. When Baba is
diagnosed with cancer, Amir is genuinely concerned, and he and Soraya take care of Baba
until his death. Baba dies knowing that Amir has become a mature, successful adult, but
the secrets he dies with--and which eventually become known to Amir--makes Amir question
his father's sense of honor and reevaluate their relationship.